Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Blueberry Scones


          Scones can be best described as half bread and half cake like in texture, they have a crusty look but are softer inside. They are not too sweet or buttery, an excellent breakfast. I have used whole wheat flour for making them, added some fresh blueberries and did a lemon glazing, it was perfect for these blueberry scones..

Need To Have
  • Whole Wheat Flour - 1 cup
  • Mawa Or Milk Powder - 1 tablespoon
  • Fresh Blueberries - 1/2 cup
  • Milk - 1/2 cup
  • Baking Powder - 1/2 tablespoon
  • Butter - 1 tablespoon
  • Oil - 1 tablespoon
  • Sugar - 1 tablespoon
  • Salt - 1/4 teaspoon
For The Lemon Glaze
  • Confectioners' Sugar - 1 cup
  • Butter - 1 teaspoon
  • Lemon Juice - 1/4 cup


Method
         Sift the flour and the baking powder, add the mawa, salt, sugar, butter and oil, the butter should be cold. Mix it with your fingers, it should look like a crumbly mixture. To this add the blue berries, mix it lightly so as to not smash the berries. Now add the milk little by little, bring everything together to form a sticky dough, you will be left with a tablespoon or more of the milk, use it for glazing. Take the dough on a floured surface, pat it with your hands to form a circle, slice it like a pizza. Transfer the slices to a greased tray (I used a parchment paper for removing it easily), brush with the remaining milk and bake it at 400F for 15 to 20 mins. Cool the scones a little before applying the glaze. For the glaze, mix the lemon juice, sugar and butter and heat in the microwave till it thickens, stirring in between. Pour the glaze over the scones, leave it to set a bit and then serve them.

Sending it to Tickling Palates for the I Love Baking event,
                to Taste Of Pearl City for the Healthy Morsels - Pregnancy event,
                to Srav's Cooking Concepts for the CC - Spring Seasonal Food event,
                to Food Corner for the Midweek Fiesta event and
                to Sumee's Culinary Bites for the Bon Vivant - Breakfast Ideas and Vardhini's Bake Fest events.

Note
Do not think there is too much sugar, half of the glaze drips away.
It's a little sticky to handle the dough but don't make it very dry.
Can use heavy cream instead of milk to get richer scones.
I have done a thin glazing.







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32 comments:

  1. WOW!!!!! Delicious scones, I always wish to try this.

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  2. scones looks awesome. love the lemon glaze. it adds distinct flavor.

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  3. Baking scones with berries are tricky esp blue berries. Yours have turned out well. Nice Work!

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  4. I am so excited to try some recipes

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  5. delicious n berricious i can say yumm scones..

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  6. Scones look so delicious. Perfect for breakfast... Bookmarking dear

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  7. oh wow!!n they look so delicious....with a dollop of butter....mmmmmmmm......

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  8. What I loved is the usage of whole wheat flour Hema..That's absolutely healthy and delicious scone..Yum!

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  9. never made scones, they look delicious and tempting dear..

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  10. It looks so perfect,bookmarked..awesome recipe

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  11. delicious scones...looks so tempting.

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  12. Lovely scones, I would really like to have some for my breakfast now!

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  13. wonderful scones and yummy ones !!

    Ongoing event
    CC:Spring Seasonal Food

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  14. i make scones pretty often but i use a loy of butter...i like your recipe better!......gonna try these out asap.will let you know how they turn out:)

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  15. Scones look perfect, would love to have it for breakfast!

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  16. wow delicious scones,luks yum...

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  17. I would absolutely love to try these. Have never tried or even tasted them. Your description is making the sound so tempting!

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  18. delicious blueberry scones, lovely pics Hema :-)

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  19. Scrumptious and beautifully baked scones, wish to start my day with them..

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  20. Lovely looking scones... It's one of my fav floured scones.. thnx for linking them up to both my events.. Nice to keep it bookmarked to try

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  21. Even after living in England I have never made scones, even tried it just a couple of times...now I am inspired....need to get into the scone world :-)

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  22. Blue berries are rich in antioxidants... Just waiting for the season to get fresh ones... Thank you again for linking with Healthy Morsels - Pregnancy :)

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  23. Hema Great recipe dear.....awesome...

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